Let me show you a couple of commands to get GPU information in Linux. The lspci command displays the information about devices connected through PCI peripheral Component Interconnect buses. Basically, this command gives you the detail about all the peripheral devices to your system from keyboard and mouse to sound, network and graphics cards.
This is why you need to filter the output for graphics card with grep command in this manner:. You can use lshw command to get more information on it. This command requires you to have root access. You need to specify that you are looking for video card graphics card information in this fashion:. And as you can see in the output below, this command gives more information on the graphics card such as clock rate, width, driver etc.
Most Linux distributions or should I say desktop environments provide essential details in the settings application. Apache Apache 4, 5 5 gold badges 17 17 silver badges 28 28 bronze badges. I had to specify -v verbose to get the model on my ATI In such cases, DeviceName is what you want and it's likely the line after the one you're grepping.
Use lspci -v grep VGA -A 1 to include one line after. Then do lspci. Updating pci ids can improve information available as lspci output. For example, before updating pci ids, Looks like it works not for all cases, for some configurations I get: Show 1 more comment. For detailed information about your graphics card, usually including its make and model, run: sudo lshw -C video This might give the make and model name more often than lspci , but it is not guaranteed to give it nor is lspci.
As an example: on my system, this gives: M52 [Mobility Radeon X]. Benoit Duffez 6 6 silver badges 12 12 bronze badges. Eliah Kagan Eliah Kagan k 51 51 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. The Xorg logs were the only thing that had the specific model for me.
Type update-pciids and then try lspci again — chrisfs. All the terminal solutions found here showed me only '3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller'. For once, the GUI solution offered more. This should be the accepted answer. Community Bot 1. AMD uses open-source drivers for their graphics card whereas Nvidia uses proprietary closed-source drivers for their products.
Linux is open-source, so are the operating systems based on Linux kernel like Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux etc. In the case of Nvidia, you will have to install the drivers manually. In some cases, it might even create some compatibility issues like the login loop on your Linux system. You might have to try out different driver versions to make the graphics card work properly. Both AMD and Nvidia creates amazing piece of hardware.
However, if you want to go with the Nvidia graphics card, then do your research about compatibility with your particular Linux distro. Are you in the market for a new Linux compatible graphics card to game with?
Unable to decide on what to buy? We can help! Follow along as we go over the 4 best graphics cards for Linux users! On Microsoft Windows, no matter what graphics card you install, it will work. The reason?
Microsoft Windows is the most widely used PC operating system in the world, and companies take it seriously by working with Microsoft to deliver the latest drivers. With Linux, this is a different story. Not every graphics card you plug into your Linux operating system will work.
Why is this? Graphics cards Nvidia require proprietary drivers to operate correctly.
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